Kreis Meißen
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Kreis Meißen was a rural district in the former East German administrative region of Bezirk Dresden, centered around the historic town of Meißen in Saxony.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kreis Meißen canonical | 1 |
| Landkreis Meißen | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6051363 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kreis Meißen Context triple: [Bezirk Dresden, hasPart, Kreis Meißen]
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A.
Kreis Bischofswerda
Kreis Bischofswerda was a former rural district in the German Democratic Republic, located in the Dresden region of Saxony and centered around the town of Bischofswerda.
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B.
Kreis Gransee
Kreis Gransee was a rural administrative district in the former East German state structure, located in the northern part of what is now the federal state of Brandenburg.
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C.
Ostalbkreis
Ostalbkreis is a rural district in the eastern part of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, known for its Swabian Alb landscapes and historic towns such as Aalen and Ellwangen.
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D.
Vogtlandkreis
Vogtlandkreis is a rural district in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany, known for its hilly Vogtland landscape and the town of Plauen as its largest city.
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E.
Kreis Freiberg
Kreis Freiberg was a former rural district in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany, centered around the historic mining town of Freiberg.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Kreis Meißen Target entity description: Kreis Meißen was a rural district in the former East German administrative region of Bezirk Dresden, centered around the historic town of Meißen in Saxony.
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A.
Kreis Bischofswerda
Kreis Bischofswerda was a former rural district in the German Democratic Republic, located in the Dresden region of Saxony and centered around the town of Bischofswerda.
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B.
Kreis Gransee
Kreis Gransee was a rural administrative district in the former East German state structure, located in the northern part of what is now the federal state of Brandenburg.
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C.
Ostalbkreis
Ostalbkreis is a rural district in the eastern part of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, known for its Swabian Alb landscapes and historic towns such as Aalen and Ellwangen.
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D.
Vogtlandkreis
Vogtlandkreis is a rural district in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany, known for its hilly Vogtland landscape and the town of Plauen as its largest city.
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E.
Kreis Freiberg
Kreis Freiberg was a former rural district in the Free State of Saxony in eastern Germany, centered around the historic mining town of Freiberg.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
former administrative district
ⓘ
rural district ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Meißen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| administrativeLanguage | German ⓘ |
| capital | Meißen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containedMunicipalityType |
ruralMunicipality
ⓘ
smallTown ⓘ |
| containedTown |
Coswig
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Meißen NERFINISHED ⓘ Nossen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | German Democratic Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| currentTerritoryMostlyIn | Landkreis Meißen (post-1994) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedAsPartOf | GermanReunification NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dissolvedIn | 1990 ⓘ |
| establishedBy | administrativeReformOf1952InEastGermany ⓘ |
| establishedIn | 1952 ⓘ |
| existedInPoliticalEntity | Bezirk Dresden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Landkreis Meißen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governmentType | socialistLocalAdministration ⓘ |
| hadExecutiveBody | Kreisrat Meißen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadLocalCouncil | Kreistag Meißen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hadPrimaryEconomicActivities |
agriculture
ⓘ
lightIndustry ⓘ viticulture ⓘ |
| hasBorderWith |
Kreis Dresden-Land
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Kreis Döbeln NERFINISHED ⓘ Kreis Freiberg NERFINISHED ⓘ Kreis Großenhain NERFINISHED ⓘ Kreis Radebeul NERFINISHED ⓘ Kreis Riesa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| higherLevelAdministrativeUnitAfter1990 | Free State of Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | abolishedAdministrativeUnit ⓘ |
| knownFor | wineGrowingAreaAlongTheElbe ⓘ |
| legalSystem | socialistLawOfTheGDR ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Bezirk Dresden
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
East Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ Saxony NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Meißen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Bezirk Dresden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessorAdministrativeUnit | Landkreis Meißen (pre-1952) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| riverInDistrict | Elbe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subordinatedTo | Council of Bezirk Dresden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 1952–1990 ⓘ |
| transportInfrastructureType |
railwayLines
ⓘ
regionalRoadNetwork ⓘ |
| usedAdministrativeCodeSystem | KreisSystemOfTheGDR NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kreis Meißen Description of subject: Kreis Meißen was a rural district in the former East German administrative region of Bezirk Dresden, centered around the historic town of Meißen in Saxony.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Landkreis Meißen